THE KING WAS PLEASED AND ASKED
THE POOR MILLER TO
BRING HIS DAUGHTER TO THE PALACE THE
NEXT DAY.
NEXT DAY WHEN THE GIRL
WAS BROUGHT TO THE PALACE , THE KING
TOOK HER TO A ROOM
FULL OF STRAW, GAVE HER
A SPINNING WHEEL , A REEL AND SAID
NOW SET TO WORK
AND IF BY TOMORROW MORNING YOU
HAVE NOT 
SPUN THIS STRAW INTO GOLD
YOU MUST DIE"
AS THE GIRL WAS SITTING
AND WEEPING FOR SHE KNEW NOT HOW
TO SPIN GOLD FROM STRAW ,
THE DOOR SLOWLY CREAKED
OPEN AND IN CAME A SMALL , FUNNY , BEARDED
MAN AND SAID
"GOOD
EVENING MISTRESS , WHY ARE YOU CRYING ?"
"ALAS", ANSWERED THE GIRL, "I HAVE
TO SPIN STRAW INTO GOLD AND I DO 
NOT KNOW HOW TO DO
IT"
"WHAT WILL YOU GIVE ME IF I DO IT FOR YOU" SAID THE LITTLE MAN.
"MY
NECKLACE" SAID THE GIRL.
THE LITTLE MAN TOOK
THE NECKLACE , SEATED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF
THE WHEEL AND
"WHIRR WHIRR WHIRR" HE
WENT ON WHOLE NIGHT AND JUST BEFORE
DAWN THE ROOM
WAS FULL OF GOLD
AS THE MORNING DAWNED
THE KING WAS THERE AND WHEN HE
SAW ALL THE GOLD
HE WAS ASTONISHED AND DELIGHTED.
NOW THE KING BECAME
MORE GREEDY AND SO HE TOOK THE
GIRL TO ANOTHER ROOM,
BIGGER AND LARGER, FULL
OF STRAW AND ASKED HER TO TURN
IT ALL INTO GOLD BY
NEXT MORNING OR ELSE
SHE WOULD BE KILLED.
THE GIRL AGAIN STARTED
CRYING AND AS MIDNIGHT APPROACHED THE
FUNNY LITTLE
MAN CAME AND
ASKED HER WHY SHE WAS CRYING.
SO THE GIRL TOLD HIM
HER STORY TO WHICH LITTLE MAN ASKED
HER WHAT SHE WOULD
GIVE HIM THIS TIME
IF HE HELPED.
"MY
RING" SAID THE GIRL SADLY.
SO THE LITTLE MAN TOOK
THE RING SAT DOWN TO WORK AND " WHIRR
WHIRR WHIRR"
BEFORE DAWN THE NEXT
DAY THE ROOM WAS FULL OF GOLD.
NEXT DAY THE KING
REJOICED BY THE SIGHT OF SO MUCH
GOLD TOOK THE GIRL TO
YET ANOTHER BIGGER AND
LARGER ROOM FULL OF STRAW AND
SAID
"
"YOU MUST SPIN THIS
TOO AND IF YOU SUCCEED YOU SHALL
BE MY WIFE "
THE GIRL WAS SADLY
CRYING WHEN THE LITTLE MAN CAME AGAIN
THE THIRD TIME AND SAID
"WHAT
WILL YOU GIVE ME IF I SPIN THE
STRAW THIS TIME".
" I HAVE NOTHING LEFT THAT I
COULD GIVE YOU"
"THEN PROMISE ME , IF YOU
SHOULD BECOME QUEEN , TO GIVE ME YOUR
FIRST CHILD."NOT KNOWING
WHAT ELSE TO DO , SHE
PROMISED AND FOR THAT THE LITTLE MAN
HAPPILY SPUN ALL THE STRAW
INTO GLITTERING GOLD.
THE KING ARRIVED AT
DAWN THE NEXT DAY AND WHEN
HE SAW THE ROOM FULL OF GLITTERING
GOLD
HE IMMEDIATELY ASKED
THE GIRL TO BECOME HIS QUEEN
AND SO THE POOR MILLER'S
DAUGHTER BECAME A QUEEN . MANY MONTHS PASSED
BY AND AFTER
ABOUT AN YEAR THE
QUEEN GAVE BIRTH TO A BEAUTIFUL BABY
GIRL.. IN HER JOY SHE COMPLETELY
FORGOT ABOUT THE PROMISE
SHE HAD MADE WITH THE LITTLE
MAN . BUT THE LITTLE MAN WAS NOT
TO FORGET AND SO THE
NEXT DAY HE SUDDENLY APPEARED BEFORE
THE QUEEN AND SAID
"HELLO YOUR HIGHNESS NOW GIVE
ME WHAT YOU HAD PROMISED"
THE QUEEN WAS HORROR-STRUCK
AND OFFERED THE LITTLE MAN ALL THE
RICHES OF THE KINGDOM IF
HE WOULD LEAVE HER
CHILD.THE LITTLE MAN REFUSED AND INSISTED
ON HAVING JUST THE CHILD BUT
WHEN THE QUEEN STARTED
CRYING AND BEGGING HER CHILD FROM
HIM FOR ANYTHING HE ASKED ,HE
PITIED HER AND SAID
"I WILL GIVE YOU THREE
DAYS TIME AND IF BY THAT TIME
YOU FIND OUT WHAT MY NAME IS
THEN
YOU MAY KEEP THE CHILD."
THE QUEEN WAS OVERJOYED
AND SHE THOUGHT OF ALL POSSIBLE NAMES.THE
NEXT DAY WHEN THE
LITTLE MAN APPEARED SHE
ASKED HIM
"LITTLE MAN IS
YOUR NAME PETER , ROBIN , PHILIP , GEORGE ,...." AND
SO ON.
BUT
THE LITTLE MAN SAID"NO NOT THAT ONE"
TO THEM ALL .
NEXT DAY SHE AGAIN
ASKED IF HIS NAME WAS "CASPER , SHEEPSKIN
,..." AND HE AGAIN REFUSED THEM ALL .
NOW THE QUEEN GOT
EXTREMELY WORRIED AS NOW ONLY ONE DAY
WAS REMAINING.SHE ORDERED ALL HER
MESSENGERS TO TRACE
EVERY NOOK AND CORNER AND FIND OUT
ALL NEW NAMES.
AFTER WHOLE DAYS SEARCH
ONE MESSENGER CAME BACK AND SAID
" YOUR HIGHNESS I HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A SINGLE
NEW NAME BUT 
AS I CAME TO A
HIGH MOUNTAIN , THERE I SAW A LITTLE
MAN DANCING AND SINGING
AROUND A FIRE IN FRONT
OF A LITTLE HOUSE AS
"TONIGHT I STEW AND THEN I'LL
BAKE,
TOMORROW THE QUEEN'S BABY I SHALL TAKE,
THE QUEEN CANNOT SPOIL MY GAME ,
FOR RUMPEL STILT SKIN IS MY NAME".
THE QUEEN WAS EXTREMELY
GLAD ON HEARING THIS AND SO WHEN
THE LITTLE MAN CAME THE NEXT DAY
SHE ASKED HIM
"IS YOUR NAME PUMPKIN?"
"NO" ANSWERED THE LITTLE MAN.
"IS IT HARRY?"
"NO" ANSWERED THE LITTLE MAN.
"THEN PERHAPS YOUR NAME IS RUMPEL
STILT SKIN?"
"THE DEVIL HAS TOLD YOU !
THE DEVIL HAS TOLD YOU" CRIED THE LITTLE
MAN
SO SAYING HE LEFT THE
PALACE AND WAS NEVER SEEN OR HEARD
OF AGAIN AND THE KING AND THE
QUEEN LIVED HAPPILY EVER
AFTER WITH THEIR LITTLE PRINCESS.